KDE Security Advisory: Secure Cookie Vulnerability

[Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde org>]

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KDE Security Advisory: Secure Cookie Vulnerability
Original Release Date: 2002-09-08
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020908-1.txt

0. References
        None.

1. Systems affected:
        Konqueror in KDE 3.0, KDE 3.0.1 and KDE 3.0.2. 
        KDE 2.2.2 and KDE 3.0.3 are NOT affected.

2. Overview:
        Konqueror fails to detect the "secure" flag in HTTP cookies and as 
        a result may send secure cookies back to the originating site over 
        an unencrypted network connection. 
      
3. Impact:
        A secure session that relies solely on secure cookies for 
        identifying the session can possibly be hijacked, or an account 
        which relies solely on secure cookies for logging on may be 
        compromised, by an attacker who manages to eavesdrop on the 
        unencrypted network connection.

4. Solution:
        Upgrade to KDE 3.0.3 in which this problem is fixed or apply the
        patch below.

5. Patch:
        A patch for KDE 3.0, KDE 3.0.1 and KDE 3.0.2 is available from 
        ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

        1abff4a02381b5ca11273d02c6a5c6ca  post-3.0-kdelibs-kcookiejar.diff
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